| 1 | cup butter or margarine, softened |
| 1 | cup sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons milk |
| 1 | teaspoon vanilla |
| 1/2 | teaspoon almond extract |
| 1/4 | teaspoon salt |
| 2 1/2 | cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour |
| 2 | tablespoons Betty Crocker® yellow sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons Betty Crocker® blue sugar |
| 96 | small pretzel twists |
| 2 | tablespoons sliced almonds |
| 1 | tube (4.25 oz) Betty Crocker® yellow decorating icing |
| 1 | tube (4.25 oz) Betty Crocker® pink decorating icing |
| 1. | In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add sugar; beat until creamy, scraping bowl frequently. Stir in milk, vanilla, almond extract and salt. Stir in flour until well mixed. |
| 2. | Measure 1/2 cup of dough into resealable food-storage plastic bag; refrigerate. Divide remaining dough in half; roll each into a 6-inch log. Roll 1 log in yellow sugar; roll other log in blue sugar. Wrap logs separately in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Chill until firm, at least 2 hours. |
| 3. | Heat oven to 350°F. For each cookie, place 2 pretzels with flat sides touching on ungreased large cookie sheets, 3 inches apart. Cut dough into 48 (1/4-inch) slices. (If dough cracks, allow to sit at room temperature a few minutes.) To make angel body, fold in opposite sides at top of each slice to make triangular-shaped body; place each slice on top of 2 pretzels, so double rounds of pretzels form angel wings at each side. Press lightly into pretzels. Using reserved dough from plastic bag, roll 1/2 teaspoon dough into ball; place on top for head of each angel. Press 2 sliced almonds into dough to make song book. Repeat to make 48 cookies. |
| 4. | Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges are firm and just begin to brown. Cool 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. |
| 5. | Pipe yellow icing on cooled cookies to make eyes and hair. Use pink decorating icing to draw mouths. Let stand until frosting is set. |
| No change. |
Nutrition Information:
100 ( 35); 4g ( 2 1/2g, 0g); 10mg; 70mg; 14g ( 0g, 7g); 1g 2%; 0%; 0%; 2% 1 ; 0 ; 1 1